Colorado State University, in collaboration with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, has been awarded $1.2 million to participate in a National Institutes of Health initiative called Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO).

SBME is also the first accredited biomedical engineering degree in the country that has an obligatory tie to a partner degree in chemical and biological engineering, electrical engineering, or mechanical engineering.

The National Aeronautic Association has named the NASA Dawn Mission Team the winner of the 2015 Robert J. Collier Trophy. Colorado State University mechanical engineering alumnus John Brophy is a member of that team, and was responsible for developing an ion propulsion system.